Nessa Hyams, Casting Director and ‘Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman’ Helmer, Dies at 84

She started out with Marion Dougherty, found actors for ‘What's Up, Doc?’ and ‘The Exorcist’ at Warner Bros. and was a high-ranking exec at Columbia Pictures.

Nessa Hyams Dies: Pathbreaking Casting Director Of ‘The Exorcist’ & ‘Blazing Saddles’, Director Of ‘Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman’ Was 84

Nessa Hyams, a groundbreaking casting director of the New Hollywood whose work on such 1970s masterpieces as Peter ...